Hmm: Former Head Of China Eastern Faces Corruption Investigation

So unlucky
Who dont corrupt in China?

Was someone padding their own pockets with questionable parts sourcing or to get the planes serviced abroad? The bigger money would be in plane purchases. Maybe the fleet purchase decisions are why it’s playing out like this.

All it means is he p*ssed off the wrong person or persons in the ruling class.

BTW，he was also the head of China Southern before CPP moved him to China eastern.

It's not unheard of. The specs for the Titanic called for rivets of a certain tensile strength. The purchasing manager's records show that he ordered quantities of lower strength rivets. It is clear from the records that something was wrong. And, we know that the inferior rivets failed. What we don't know is the why . . . whether it was thoughtlessness or corruption.

That would never happen in the US!
(I mean the investigation, not the corruption.)

Indeed.
I do wish more articles would start with this as the basis for CCP "corruption" allegations.
So many writers seem to be taken in by the PR.

He was also the boss of CSN prior to 2008, which made him the second CEO at CSN to be taken into custody.

The Republic of China is a great nation, along with EVA and Starlux.

So Delta invested several millions or 3.55% in China Eastern where the CEO was also CCP secretary at the airline.

Delta is sponsoring the CCP while US service members may one day have to fight this outrageous regime that bullies all its neighboors.

Wow

Whoop-de-do.

The US government is very happy to lick the taint of Saudi Arabia for whatever reason (even though almost all of the 9/11 hijackers (plus Osama bin Laden himself) were Saudi (not Iranian, not Afghani, not Iraqi).

Saudi Arabia is a very large terrorist threat, and we just keep on enabling them.

Accusing officials or former officials of "corruption" is the way Xi and his apparatchiks deal with their political enemies. Or their perceived political enemies. The paranoia of the senior Chinese leadership puts Stalin to shame. "Stamping out corruption" is a positive euphemism for "purging enemies of the State".

Can they also prosecute him for the awful current livery?

Remember folks, it’s always better to be #2 or even #3 than number #1. Applies both for the east and west. Better to live in the shadows than to stand out.

If I'm not mistaken, the Chinese Government (itself) - as opposed to individual carriers - is in charge of the ordering of aircraft for major carriers and then distributes / allocates them accordingly to specific carriers.

It is not uncommon to see articles regarding the award (or with-holding) of orders to A or B by the Communist Party government. based on the political climate of the day. I very much doubt the comment regarding an individual CEO being involved at such a level to "potentially" influence purchase decisions, let alone anything more suspect,

Someone must have an interest for his kidneys.

Officials of this level are already eligible for harvesting organs

To be fair, Liu is among a very rare specie of visionary and professional bureaucrats in China's aviation industry. He almost single handedly steered China Easter back on track, which was in deep shit and was almost acquired by Air China when he took over. Unlike in other countries, when an ex-senior official is "investigated" in China, it's pretty much 100% conviction. I am curious to see what his crimes are, which hopefully will shed some lights on MU5735.

"Serious violations of discipline and law" is a broad charge which could mean many things, including corruption. We cannot tell. Nonetheless, there is virtually no one in a high position in China who could not be charged for corruption, it's simply impossible to rise high with totally clean hands regardless of your personal morals. The more interesting question is why someone wants to bring him down, the fact that he could be taken down for corruption makes him the same as 99.9% of other officials in high positions.

I am not sure if this is connected. A Boeing 737 from Kunming to Guangchow crashed recently.
But China has no report on this in the regular news.

I worked and lived in those parts for 20 years. Dicey.

@Ben Very much impressed by the timely attention you pay to user comments on your blog, thanks for the acknowledgement!

Actually, "Serious violations of discipline and law" means corruption in CPC News

According to the latest report, Liu "had lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original aspirations and mission, resisted organizational investigations, and engaged in superstitious activities; violated the spirit of the central eight-point regulations by accepting banquets and golf activities in violation of regulations; sought benefits for others and accepted property in the recruitment of employees; lost his integrity bottom line, accepted cash gifts in violation of regulations, used his authority or influence from his position to seek benefits for relatives in engaging in private equity fund and other business activities, and illegally owned shares of non-listed companies; had no bottom line in discipline and law, turned public power into a tool for personal gain, engaged in power-money transactions, used his position to benefit others in project contracting, flight management, aircraft leasing, and other aspects, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property"